Well frosts did arrive and a thin layer of white crystals were all over the garden when I gave it a quick inspection in the morning. Alas I was in a rush to go to work so I wasn't able to take frosty photos but for a few moments I was able to take in the sights and take note of the distinctive scent of frozen vegetation in the air.

Fortunately the frosts didn't last long and they were all probably gone an hour or so after I've gone to work and the temperatures afterwards have been much milder.

So how did the garden react from the visit of jack frost?

Some got frazzled...

Some got the trigger to finally start shedding its leaves like the Kalopanax above...

I'm trying not to bite my nails over all the plants I added to my parents garden over the summer. I gave them a list of things to protect with the cold weather expected this week. Mild falls can often spell disaster for new and borderline plants when cold suddenly hits.

Amazing that you've had frost there. Not a touch of it here, and I'd have thought we were generally colder. I keep waiting. Love those big leaves with the frost and, as you say, amazing they aren't mush now (is it a philodendron?). Goes to show.

I was rather impressed with the forecast as they were spot on and it has given us chance to prepare. But thankfully it was just one morning and the frost didn't linger Cathy. On occasions the southeast do get colder weather than northern parts of the UK but not very often at all, but such was the case last week. The plant is Zantedeschia 'White Giant', its hardiness is proving good and might be worth trying in your garden :)

This will be me in about 2 days. Not sure which Zantedeschia you're growing but my 'White Giant' is surprisingly hardy; it can take a light frost with little or no damage, and doesn't go down until we get a hard freeze.

You can certainly tell that Jack has been at work. It was so fortunate that you were able to leave work early to get the more sensitive plants under cover. Even with the best planning and preparation that first frost still has a habit of creeping up on you and catching you out. Still waiting for the first arrival of it here on the Mersey estuary :)

Indeed Anna, although the shifting of the more sensitive plants were rather last minute it didn't feel that hectic in the end, and there wasn't much to shift really. Hopefully jack won't visit for all of us for quite some time (even better if it didn't at all...).

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